What If…? concludes its first season with episode 9 on Disney Plus and a lot of narrative confusion. Here is our review of What If…? Episode 9
ORIGINAL TITLE: What If… ?. GENDER: Superheroes. COUNTRY: United States. DIRECTOR: AC Bradley. DURATION: 9 episodes, 34 mins approx. DISTRIBUTOR: Disney +. RELEASE: 6 October 2021.
Our What If…? focuses on episode 9 or the season finale of this Marvel animated mini series available on Disney Plus. After about two months of viewing and lower than high in episode quality, the season finale brings together all the anthology pieces creating a thread. The review of this episode, inevitably has to pull the strings of the entire season, reasoning the impact this has had on what has been seen so far.
After the penultimate episode, we predicted that the season finale would resume the plots of the previous episodes, without manifesting a certain disappointment from a screenplay decision that seemed unthinkable. The series immediately presented itself as an anthology, and then displaced us with an Observer who, instead of presenting us with hypothetical universes as usual, becomes the protagonist.
Guardians of the Multiverse | What If…? episode 9
The observer intervenes in the plot, recalling all the characters we have seen in the alternate worlds to create a team capable of fighting Ultron. The team is made up of those who are called Guardians of the Multiverse and they are Peggy Carter as Captain Carter, T’Challa as Star Lord, Killmonger in Tony Stark’s armor, Dr Strange, carefree and superficial Thor, Gamora and Natasha. Absurd to think how these characters together can really achieve something, in fact this is the first creaky passage of the episode, as well as the inclusion of Gamora within the Multiverse. Its insertion appears totally improvised, little supported by what we have seen in the previous hypotheses.
The moment in which they face Ultron is the most interesting moment of the episode: land action scenes are the most successful, fast and very varied dynamics, putting all the characters into play with their weapons and their moves. Surely a passage of this type is much appreciated in episodes that had yes, action, but an end in itself that did not lead to a specific purpose.
From the point of view of narrative tension and rhythm, this episode certainly works, because it acquires a plot, has many characters that intersect, a very specific enemy and a lot of action. What leaves a sense of disorientation is how it fits into everything that has been seen so far: the plot and reference discrepancies with the Marvel comic and the films are evident and leave behind every minute of the story.
The characters who save the day | What If…? episode 9
What we’ve always said about script flaws over the course of our reviews reaches its climax in this ending, proving that no type corrections have been made.
As for these heroes in new guises, Captain Carter certainly stands out again, who with his personality is always able to withstand the narrative even knows alone and certainly Dr Strange. The positive review on the fourth episode acquires a further meaning here: it is certainly the most successful episode, the most exciting, with the most content and also the bravest. And also his dark character convinces and conquers in this ending.
Conclusion
This episode 9 of What If…? partly confirmed the flaws of this first season, partly tried to save her. The rescue was the attempt at a horizontal plot and plot twist that made the narrative certainly more captivating in the finale because it intrigued, but not because there was a fine work in the script. Overall, definitely this What If…? it is a forgettable series, which certainly had the potential to amaze and amuse, but it has partly bored and partly made a lot of storytelling messes.
In its finale it hints that there will also be a second season, in which we will probably be able to see the characters who have been ignored or badly treated, first of all, Tony Stark. At this point, the second season has a huge responsibility: to correct the shot and to fix script and direction flaws that are easy to spot.
An episode that fails to save the season
Points in favor
- Action scenes
- Captain Carter e Dr Strange
Points against
- Even more narrative discrepancies
- Confusing script
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